Booking

It's best to book your studio time as far as advance as possible, as we are often booked two to three months ahead. Free days do pop up here and there, but you're guaranteed more flexibility if you're able to plan ahead.

Studio Rates

The Echo Lab is $400 per day, whether booked with one of our house engineers or if you bring your own engineer. If there is a specific house engineer you are interested in working with, you should contact them directly for scheduling. If you decide to bring an outside engineer, the fee includes an assistant on-hand for the duration of your session to help navigate our more finicky equipment.

These rates are for any work done at the studio, be it tracking, mixing, mastering, or waiting for you to show up. Half-day and hourly rates are available upon request.

The client apartment is $25 per night.

Deposits

We require a $200/day deposit, as well as payment in full for any tape or other media you'll need from us, in order to confirm your booking. Until we receive your deposit, your dates aren't inked in and can be moved at any time, though we do endeavor to give you a good amount of warning before this happens.

Payment

We accept cash, money orders, and checks. If you need to pay via credit card, we accept payments through PayPal, but beware that there is an extra 3% fee added to your bill to cover the extra charges.

Tape

You can either buy tape from us, or bring your own. We purchase our tape from US Recording Media. You should discuss your tape (or other storage) requirements with your engineer beforehand, but for reference, a 10.5" reel of tape will hold approximately 15 minutes of music at 30 ips, and 30 minutes at 15 ips.

Contact Information

email: info@theecholab.com

(Email is always the best way to reach us. Contact Matthew Barnhart, the studio manager by phone if necessary.)

House Engineers

Matthew Barnhart | mb@theecholab.com
Matt Pence | mp@theecholab.com
Dave Willingham | dw@theecholab.com

Organizational Staff

Matthew Barnhart | studio manager | mb@theecholab.com, phone: +1.214.641.2421

You can learn many more exciting things about these people at the staff page.